Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes

These cupcakes actually started out as egg-free vanilla cupcakes for my oldest son. But when my youngest son developed a dairy allergy (as well as an egg allergy), I decided to make these vegan vanilla cupcakes so both of them could enjoy them :-)

I topped these vegan vanilla cupcakes with a rich chocolate frosting. It's a classic combination and I think it's versatile enough that you can add other flavors to it to suit your own taste. My kids love Oreos (yup, they're vegan) so I like to chop them up and sprinkle on top. For birthdays, I tend to go with colorful sprinkles. And to be perfectly honest, these cupcakes taste absolutely delicious all by themselves :-)

Note:
If you would like to switch them back to egg-free vanilla cupcakes, simply replace the 1 cup of Spectrum organic shortening with 1 cup butter (softened to room temperature) and the 1 1/2 cups rice milk with 1 1/2 cups cow's milk (whole fat, low fat or nonfat). For the chocolate frosting, simply replace the 3-4 tablespoons of rice milk with 3-4 tablespoons of cow's milk (whole fat, low fat or nonfat).

Thank you for sharing your love of baking. I have made several of your recipes and all have been great. My daughter has always had food allergies so I seek out new ideas on baking that will please her and those without allergies. This weekend I made these for her to share with her sorority sisters. Several made the comment that they were the best cupcakes they had ever had. I agree. We will continue to watch for more wonderful recipes to share with family and friends.

Made these lastnight with my daughter who is allergic to All the major allergen plus more! She and I both agree these were the fluffiest cupcake we have made so far. We used gluten free flour to accomodate her allergies. We also didn't have OJ so we used some Lemonaid we had in the fridge. Awesome recipe!! THANK YOU!!! So glad we found your blog.

These cupcakes are A-MA-ZING!! I thought the chocolate ones were the bomb, but I'm even crazier about these!

We figured out my 14 year old son has an egg intolerance about 2 months ago, and I've been hooked on your blog ever since....the only problem is, I've gained about 5 pounds since discovering your genius recipes!

It's worth it to see the changes in my son - when he mistakenly eat eggs now, we see the noticeable change in mood (increased anxiety, nervousness), compulsiveness, agitation and tongue/mouth sores. This egg allergy diagnosis may be the piece of the puzzle we've been looking for to understand his behavioral and emotional issues.